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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by Bandmom on April 5, 2018 at 7:23am: Phoenixmom, Thank you. He was out on the water for 1 week, back to shore for 1 week, now he is out again. They will be doing these small trips for a while, then gone for 8 months to 1 year. That will be a hard one. He is so happy though that I cannot be sad. I just want him to be happy. How is your sailor doing?

Comment by Phoenixmom on April 4, 2018 at 11:00pm: Bandmom been thinking of you, wishing your Sailor well wishes. Hang tight, he will be doing great things. And he will Love San diego! Waiting for mine and his Carrier to get home. You are in my thoughts. Have a great Evening.

Comment by Bandmom on April 4, 2018 at 10:10pm: A School Graduations are usually nothing special. The most important thing is getting to see your son! Enjoy and congratulaions to your sailor. As a side note, My son graduated from Great Lakes as an E.T. He is now on a Destroyer, and will be attending C school starting in May. He is loving San Diego.

Comment by Phoenixmom on April 4, 2018 at 10:50am: Donnac how exciting is that! Congratulations to your Son. He will Love San Diego! when my Son left GL that was the first thing that came out of his Mouth. Congrats to your Other Son also, you do have your Hands full with traveling but that is so awesome!

Comment by Donnac on April 4, 2018 at 10:17am: We are headed to Great Lakes tomorrow. My son will be graduating on Friday from A school as an IC. He leaves on Monday for San Diego for C school. He is pretty excited to be leaving Great Lakes....LOL!!! We can't wait to see him and spend a couple days with him. My husband and I are bringing his two grandmothers with also. They are over the moon exited!!! His twin brother is in San Antonio at hospital corpsman school. These boys are keeping us traveling, that's for sure!!!

What time of day are the A school graduations at Great Lakes usually held?

Comment by Anti M on March 31, 2018 at 9:04pm: I couldn't pass it right now, although maybe I could because I am freakishly good at multiple choice. They're using the standard Navy question format. One right answer, two which are close, and one which is obviously wrong.

Comment by BugsMom on March 31, 2018 at 12:14pm: Hi Tina,

My daughter spent two months before BC studying the study guide. It's a lot of information, especially regarding the ranks. After all the quizzing, I knew the Sailor's Creed by the time she left. LOLOL! While I can see that it would be really tough trying to absorb all of that at BC with the lack of sleep and everything going on around him, it can be done. It's a lot of memorization. Hopefully, he can use some mneumonic techniques and his buddies can help quiz him. He just needs to take one thing at a time and breathe. Will keep him in my prayers!!

Comment by Anti M on March 28, 2018 at 11:49am: I am not familiar with the liberty test at all, we didn't have them back then.

Found it. Some of it is basic boot camp stuff, some of it is base policy and procedure, some of it is from their EO training. It is easy, just overwhelming if he is stressed. The example I found is probably one of several variations.

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=phase-2-libert...

Comment by Tina on March 28, 2018 at 1:26am: Does anyone know about the liberty phase 2 test? Mine is having some difficulty with it and I can’t fidn out much online about what’s really on it. He’s frustrated and so I don’t want to ask him to explain everything he’s talking about. I try to understand what he is expected to know on this test but frankly I don’t have a clue. He says is easy so I’m not understanding why he isn’t passing or getting hits. He says the study guide isn’t helping. I’m sure it’s soemthinf he’s missing or some details he is leaving out. This is the frustrating part...

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 27, 2018 at 11:14am: Good Morning Ladies hope all is well.

WeAreNavy my Son waited to see what he was allowed to take back and that Sat. we did go shopping, he found that they had a fridge in their room not very big and not sure if all rooms have them. But he was able to take food back but in containers, and a soft warm blanket as Ellen0502 mentioned some T-shirts, New Tennis because it was mentioned that they do not want to continue wearing the ones from BC because they could end up injuring their feet. and the rest was Hygiene. But yes they do have the NEX store. we also purchased some shout out wipes, lint roller. But again all barracks have their own rulles so it is best to wait until he knows for sure.